Richard A. McGennis, 76, of Bloomfield, N.M., passed away
Sunday, July 10, 2005, at San Juan Regional Medical Center in
Farmington, N.M. He was born March 2, 1929, to Frank and Hazel
McGennis in Lyndon, Vt. He had five sisters and one brother, all
deceased. He graduated from Lyndon Institute in Lyndon Center
in 1948. On Dec. 24, 1949, he married Marjorie Austin. A son,
Armond, was born to them in 1950. Marjorie passed away in 1977.
Richard was mainly a truck driver until he became
employed at the Fairbanks Morse Scale Manufacturing Co. in 1954.
He worked there for 271/2 years, lastly as an inspector in
quality control. He took an early retirement in 1981. On July 8, 1978,
he became one of Jehovah's Witnesses and married Rena Gilman on July 28, 1978.
Both were active in the Christian
ministry and traveled to Mississippi and Indiana to work in
unassigned territory and then moved to New Mexico. He was
diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1994, and slowly decreased
his work in the Christian ministry. After being in nursing homes
for 21/2 years, he died at the San Juan Regional Medical Center
in Farmington. He is survived by his wife, Rena; his son Armond;
grandson Christopher and his wife Angela; great-granddaughter
Kayla Nicole; eight stepchildren, Pierre and Deborah Demers of
Bloomfield, N.M., David Gilman of Twin Falls, Idaho, Delmer and
Myalin Gilman of Soda Springs, Idaho, Donald and Linda Gilman,
Dale and Pam Gilman of Lyndon Center, Douglas Gilman and
Duane and JoAnne Gilman of Lyndonville; plus nieces and
nephews. A memorial service will be held today, Aug. 6, at 2 p.m.
at Jehovah Witness Kingdom Hall in Lyndonville, followed by a
graveside service at 3 p.m., at the Lyndon Center Cemetery. At
the family's request this notice appears again today.
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